Free got slayed

Services rendered without payment are not valued.  This quote I memorized and while I do believe there are exceptions to this truth, I am thinking and feeling that it's pretty accurate. Skin in the game, as has been said, appears to be a great motivator for advancement and change.  Currently, I mean right now, free doesn't cut it for me.  Here's the deal~when starting out in a new profession there is some teeth cutting, some getting acquainted with the work and how to be on the job. When in the service industry, the must is to practice on and with people, people that know you may very well be horrible at first while you learn your trade but they are generous enough to let you practice your line of work with them. This is a gift, to you and to them, because they want something you have and you need the experience. All is good and fair.  There is a point though, a line of demarcation, where the exchange must feel beneifcial on both sides in order for it to work. It isn't always about money, it is about value. If I value a client enough to give of my time gratis, I have an expectation and at the very least a hope, that they will do their part, their own work. My deposit into their wellness is the start of a savings account for life, they must add to their own account to make it healthy and grow.  Now for paying clients...they are the motivated, they make the investment first, generating their own change, growth, transformation from the inside until it shows up on the outside.  Inside out, inside out, change happens with a thought, a feeling, then an action step. Change is painful and powerful~parting with hard earned money is a good indication that there is a willingness to pay for the pain of forward movement. The money monster free services just got slayed.